It Is Not Correct to Discount the Cash Flows of a Levered

question 75

Multiple Choice

It is not correct to discount the cash flows of a levered firm with the cost of equity of the unlevered firm because ________.

• A) leverage decreases the risk of equity of the firm
• B) leverage changes the unlevered cost of equity
• C) leverage increases the risk of the equity of the firm
• D) cost of debt decreases in this setting

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